#5BBFD6#5BBFD6

#5BBFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBFD6
RGB	rgb(91, 191, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -22.62, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 30.44, 222.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0806 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.098 215)
XYZ	xyz(35.0779, 44.3374, 70.3147)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBFD6 #D6725B

analogous

#5BD6B0 #5BBFD6 #5B81D6

triadic

#5BBFD6 #D65BBF #BFD65B

tetradic

#5BBFD6 #B05BD6 #D6725B #81D65B

square

#5BBFD6 #B05BD6 #D6725B #81D65B

split-complementary

#5BBFD6 #D65B81 #D6B05B

monochromatic

#257E92 #31A8C3 #5BBFD6 #8CD2E2 #BDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#5BBFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#5BBFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBFD6

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBFD6	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 191, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2e2',
    500: '#5bbfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbfd6;
$custom-light: #94d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.22,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.44341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBFD6

secondary

#DEB8AF

accent

#6245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBFD6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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